MIAMI LAKES, Fla.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Altegra Health, Inc., and HealthFusion, Inc. announced today a
partnership to help providers optimize workflow and improve
documentation for patients in Medicare Advantage (MA) programs through
MediTouch, HealthFusion’s award winning Electronic
Health Record (EHR) solution. MediTouch offers a set of unique tools
that assist with the management of quality and reimbursement for
Medicare Advantage patients, including a novel HCC Risk Adjustment
Assessment coding assist interface.

“Coding correctly for MA patients optimizes payment but it’s time
consuming and very challenging to learn and understand all the coding
requirements. MediTouch provides the real-time feedback providers need
in order to code accurately, including comparing relative values of
different ICD codes and calculating a HCC risk score.”

Altegra Health is a national provider of technology and intervention
platforms that combine data aggregation and analytics with unique member
engagement and reporting capabilities to achieve insight and improved
management of value-based healthcare payments.

HealthFusion provides fully integrated solutions including MediTouch EHR
(Electronic Health Record and Patient
Portal) and MediTouch PM (Practice Management and Claims
Clearinghouse). The company launched its new Medicare Advantage
tools with the goal of helping providers ensure they are meeting CMS
quality and coding requirements.

“As part of our overall strategy to improve outcomes and coding at the
point of care, this new tool will enhance Altegra Health’s product
offerings to health plans by identifying data capture improvement
opportunities. This will directly help payers and providers across the
country receive the reimbursement they deserve,” said Jared Sokolsky,
chief strategy officer of Altegra Health. “By more accurately assessing
and documenting a patient’s risk and closing care gaps, physicians and
health plans can ensure their reimbursement reflects the true level of
care required for the patient.

“Physicians and health plans have historically had significant
challenges with regard to appropriately coding risk factors for Medicare
Advantage patients,” said Dr. Sol Lizerbram, chairman of HealthFusion.
“Coding correctly for MA patients optimizes payment but it’s time
consuming and very challenging to learn and understand all the coding
requirements. MediTouch provides the real-time feedback providers need
in order to code accurately, including comparing relative values of
different ICD codes and calculating a HCC risk score.”

MediTouch is an EHR conceived by physicians for physicians and designed
for practices of all sizes. It offers features including Chronic
Care Management tracking and coding and Clinical Quality Measure
point of care reminders.

MediTouch EHR was recently ranked as a Top Electronic Health Record
(EHR) for Clinical Quality and Support in the Medical Economics’
National Provider Survey. Of those Top EHRs, MediTouch is unique because
it is the only one to offer full functionality on the Apple iPad. The Medical
Economics National Provider Survey is a critical EHR ranking study
because it asked thousands of physicians to rate their systems, on a
scale of 0 to 10, in the key areas that matter most to them.

MediTouch EHR was designed for use on mobile tablets such as the iPad,
and offers a unique array of features that facilitate adoption of EHR
technology. Features include a mobile Pure Cloud platform,
cross-compatibility with traditional desktop and laptop devices, and an
affordable subscription payment model. MediTouch EHR is Meaningful Use
2014 Certified, and thousands of users throughout the country place
their trust in HealthFusion and MediTouch every day. Healthcare is
complicated; HealthFusion makes it easy. To learn more, visit HealthFusion.com
or follow HealthFusion on Facebook,
Twitter
and YouTube.

About Altegra Health

Altegra Health is a national provider of technology-enabled, next
generation payment solutions that enable health plans and other
risk-bearing healthcare providers to generate, analyze and submit the
data needed to successfully manage member care and ensure appropriate
reimbursement.

The power of Altegra Health’s advanced analytics and supporting
intervention platforms enables healthcare organizations to elevate care
quality, optimize financial performance, and enhance the member
experience. For more information, visit AltegraHealth.com.